Elephant enrichment programs at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo often add a new twist to favorite childhood activities. During the winter, zookeeper Shawn Graham makes snowmen filled with carrots, apples, and sometimes jellybeans, that the elephants destroy in order to get their trunks on the treats. Jellybeans are their favorite since elephants have a naturally sweet tooth because of the availability of sugar cane in the wild.
-Picture of African elephant from the San Diego Zoo-
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